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Meaning of the nameCarin

Carin is a spelling of the name Karin.

Meaning

The meaning of Carin is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,056
Rank in Brazil
#7,983
Median age
42 years
2010 Census
1,098
people

Carin in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carin, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (298 people).

1,026 women 30 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Carin is most common

States with the highest share of people named Carin in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul3760.004%
Santa Catarina2590.003%
São Paulo1490.000%
Paraná1130.001%
Rio de Janeiro590.000%
Bahia170.000%
Minas Gerais150.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Carin

It swaps the K for a C; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants of Karin, and Wiktionary records it as a less common spelling in Swedish.

About the name Karin

Wiktionary describes Karin as a Swedish contraction of Katarina and as a medieval variant of Katrine in Danish and Norwegian; Katarina comes from the Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), the name of a saint. Behind the Name defines it as a Swedish short form of Katherine, whose etymology is uncertain, with hypotheses ranging from Hekaterine to the goddess Hecate, so the meaning of the root is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,356 people named Karin, with a median age of 39; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Carin among the spelling variants.

Other spellings of Karin

SpellingPeople (2022)
Karin5,356
Carin1,056

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Karin · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Karin · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Karin · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  5. Wiktionary: Katarina · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Carin

What does the name Carin mean?

The meaning of Carin is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Carin in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,056 people with the first name Carin, which ranks it number 7,983 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Carin a boy's or a girl's name?

Carin is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,026 women and 30 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Carin?

Carin is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carin most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Carin (376 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Carin?

Karin. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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